DocTypeMixins: Update sort order?

One thing I found, not sure if it's a known issue, or potential feature request. When you add a property to an existing mixin, the order it gets added to the tab is random (this is an Umbraco issue), but if I change the sort order and re-save the mixin, the property that has been added to my doc-type doesn't update the sort order.

This was actually by design (of sorts) as the idea is that if you added a property by mixin, but wanted to change it's order on the doc type you've applied it to, then the mixins plugin would modify it next time you applied it. It simply checks it exists.

We are currently kinda limited too in that we re-use the doc types editor, so we can't really add our own flags for things at the moment, but Pete and I have discussed breaking mixins out into their own tree / editor, so this might be a solution.

We'll have a think and see what we can come up with. Nice to know you are using it though.

Thanks Matt. It's no problem re-sorting the properties on individual doc-types - thought I'd throw out it out as a suggestion.

Previously I was using a very structured doc-type hierarchy ... this worked fine for many projects, but recently found that I've needed to add in properties to specific doc-types (higher up in the hierarchy) ... which lead to redundant properties in the lower doc-types. Not a problem, but didn't feel very clean.

We've already reworked the package to allow for this using some javascript goodness. Yet to release it though as it need finishing up. Watch this space though as we have something other goodies to release along with it.

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